BEE GEES WHISPER WHISPER TV

There’s background on the creation of their first hit “New York Mining Disaster 1941.” We discover that, at least in their case, success leads to fame, fame leads to inflated egos, and all of that led to inner turmoil and, in 1969, a breakup. We find out that all three Gibbs decided early on that they were going to become famous.

Added to that are interviews with their label mate Eric Clapton, Maurice’s former wife and British pop star Lulu, and Noel Gallagher, who knows a bit about sibling harmonies from working with his brother Liam in Oasis. In the 1999 interviews, each Gibb brother chats about how the band started, how their sound developed, memories of certain gigs and each other. The Bee Gees story is a rocky ride of ups and downs, successes and failures, and them, at one point, moving from being pop stars to pariahs. It opens with a clip of their gorgeous harmonies at a 1979 concert in Oakland, while they were still riding the huge wave of popularity that sprung from their songs on the soundtrack of “Saturday Night Fever.” But it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

BEE GEES WHISPER WHISPER TV

Still more are told through photos and archival footage, in the studio, at play, in old TV clips, a great deal of it onstage. The film is a collection of those memories, some from Barry, others, in separate interview sessions with the three brothers in 1999. My favorite Bee Gee is Robin, whose transcendent voice still makes me melt (check out “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You”).įrank Marshall’s documentary stretches from home movies of them as kids to segments last year of sole remaining Bee Gee Barry - Maurice died in 2003, Robin in 2012 - thinking out loud about the fact that his immediate family is gone, but he has fantastic memories. Getting back to those questions, my favorite Bee Gees song is “Marley Purt Drive” from their “Odessa” album. Constantly reinventing themselves, they moved from longing ballads (“To Love Somebody,” “I Started a Joke”) to exciting dance numbers (“You Should Be Dancing,” “Stayin’ Alive”). They made the Top 20 chart two dozen times, with nine songs hitting number one. They did it on stages, then they moved into recording studios. They knew early on that they could sing, that they had the special gift of sibling harmony (think of the Everly Brothers, the Beach Boys). They were the British trio of the Gibb brothers: Barry and (three years younger) twins Robin and Maurice. Do you have a favorite Bee Gees song? How about a favorite Bee Gee? For the younger members of this readership, do you know who the Bee Gees were?

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